I have a RPi4 with Homeseer as my smarthome solution. Uses z-wave, but now I want to implement zigbee. Got me a ConBee II, tried to flash the firmware before use, this was a couple of months ago. It failed. Put the Conbee away in despair, but now I need to fix the problem. I have googled my way through the internet and found no answer. So I tried every trick posted online, yes even -x 3. Using windows 11. When plugging in, I get the “USB has been inserted”-notification sound. 4 seconds later, I get the “USB has been unplugged”-notification sound. Tried it on two different laptops. Still get the same result:
Since I am using a Raspberry Pi with Linux installed, shouldn’t I flash the stick with something else than Conbee II-firmware? Like Raspbee II or Rpi (DeCONZ_RaspbeeII_0x2678700.bin.GCF or DeCONZ_Rpi_0x26400500.bin.GCF)?
I don’t know if I need to start a new thread or I can continue in this one… I’ll try my luck:
I recon the stick isn’t plug 'n play and needs to be installed into my RPi4, linux v5.10.103. So I read the manual at ConBee II Installation
I don’t know anything about Linux so I just copied what the installation manual says. Can anyone tell me if I am doing it right? Here is the log (I ran the “sudo gpasswd -a $USER dialout”-command line first and logged out and in again):
homeseer@192.168.10.113’s password:
Linux HS4PiV6 5.10.103-v7l+ #1529 SMP Tue Mar 8 12:24:00 GMT 2022 armv7l
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Thu Mar 13 19:57:07 2025 from 192.168.10.129
homeseer@HS4PiV6:~ $ wget -qO- https://phoscon.de/apt/deconz.pub.key | gpg --dearmor | \sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/deconz-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
[sudo] password for homeseer:
homeseer@HS4PiV6:~ $ sudo sh -c “echo ‘deb http://phoscon.de/apt/deconz \generic main’ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deconz.list”
homeseer@HS4PiV6:~ $ sudo apt update
Get:1 Index of /debian buster InRelease [54.2 kB]
Get:2 Index of /raspbian buster InRelease [15.0 kB]
Ign:3 http://phoscon.de/apt/deconz \generic InRelease
Err:4 http://phoscon.de/apt/deconz \generic Release
404 Not Found [IP: 144.76.96.194 80]
Hit:5 https://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian stable-raspbianbuster InRelease
Get:6 Index of /debian buster/main armhf Packages [400 kB]
Reading package lists… Done
E: The repository ‘http://phoscon.de/apt/deconz \generic Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
homeseer@HS4PiV6:~ $ sudo apt install deconz
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package deconz
homeseer@HS4PiV6:~ $
Thank you for the feedback. So what do I do now? It there a way to upgrade my operative system? Hoping for not having to include every singel device again…
You can update Raspbian with a command line, without losing data, but personally I do not recommend it (purely personnal)
Make a backup of your zigbee network using Phoscon an restore it on recent OS. Take care during the “power off”, some device like Aqara sensor leave the network if they are without parent too long time.
